Category: Eastern Theater
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The Battles for Jerusalem Plank Road, June 21-24, 1864
I’ve decided to do a short blog entry on each of Grant’s Nine Offensives during the Petersburg Campaign, covering the basics and giving interested readers links to books and web sites for further study. I started last week with my first post on the Battle of Petersburg. After the failed assaults of June 18, 1864, […]
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Review: Lee Vs. McClellan: The First Campaign
Why Does Brett Review Older Books? http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/Books/ACWEast/WestVirginia1861.htm Lee Vs. McClellan: The First Campaign. Clayton R. Newell. Washington, D.C: Regnery Publishing, Inc. (October 1996). 325 pp. 7 maps. The following is a review and summary of Clayton R. Newell’s Lee Vs. McClellan: The First Campaign. When I first started reading Lee Vs. McClellan, I did not […]
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The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
With my intense interest in the Petersburg Campaign, I would be remiss if I did not mention the anniversary of Day 1 of the four day Battle of Petersburg. General Beauregard defended the eastern portions of the Dimmock line surrounding Petersburg, and his troops hung on by the slimmest of margins while the general tried […]
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10
Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10 Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 In my […]
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Blue & Gray, Spring 2006
Blue & Gray, Spring 2006 Vol. 23, Issue 1 Blue & Gray Web Site Page 6 Into the Mouth of Hell: Farnsworth’s Charge Revisited by Andie Custer Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer sets out to revise the commonly held views of Farnsworth’s Charge late on July 3, 1863, during the third day of the Battle […]